AS and Height

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30 Dec 2008, 6:55 am

5ft5"
116lbs.

I don't think height and weight have anything to do with being an aspie.
If it weren't for my strict weight loss routine at the start of this year I would be about 25lbs bigger.

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30 Dec 2008, 6:56 am

Theres an AS guy who lives near me that is 5'7" and has a dad thats like 5'10" or so. I know another aspie who is 6'4" and towers over his dad.

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30 Dec 2008, 6:59 am

I am the shortest female in my family, and not thin either. 5'2" if I stand up straight...

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30 Dec 2008, 7:05 am

Eh, 5'5" or 5'6". Whatever equates to some 167-169 cm.

Everyone else in my family is non-autistic and (a lot) taller than me.

I'm not skinny either. I'm normal sized.

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30 Dec 2008, 7:34 am

I'm about 5'2" and weigh between 190 and 210 lbs., depending on the time of year. So I'm certainly not tall, and I'm certainly not lanky.

I also don't look like I weigh anywhere near as much as I do. I certainly don't look skinny, but I also don't look like I weigh over 200 lbs. My muscle is denser than normal, which also has the effect of making me exceptionally strong, so I think my extra testosterone just didn't manifest in my height. That's my best logical guess anyway.

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30 Dec 2008, 7:38 am

It would explain why I'm tall for my age. I'm 15 and am 6 feet tall.

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30 Dec 2008, 8:31 am

I am a shortie. Height info. for this 20 year old is classified.

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30 Dec 2008, 9:50 am

5'10

145 pounds.

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30 Dec 2008, 10:19 am

I believe it is coincidence. I am 6' which falls between my father and mother's height. My NT sister is 5'10" which also falls between our parents heights. My cousins are all around the same height.

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30 Dec 2008, 10:51 am

5'5" (165cm), 50 kg (no idea about pounds)

as average as it gets

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30 Dec 2008, 11:08 am

I'm short and round. I don't think there is a height/weight/Asperger's connection.

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30 Dec 2008, 11:56 am

I'm about 5'9" which is taller than both of my parents and weigh about 155 pounds...
So, I'm pretty tall, but am in the normal range for weight.

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30 Dec 2008, 12:01 pm

I'm 4'6" and I way 64 pounds.

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30 Dec 2008, 12:27 pm

soljaboi51 wrote:

My mom just told me that people with AS tend to me more tall and lanky...

This is another generalization- and a poor one. Asperger's is a nuerological disorder that doesn't have any typical outward physical signs.

I am 5'9", 200#, but I don't have Asperger's.

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30 Dec 2008, 12:46 pm

I'm a 25 year old male with AS and I'm only about 5'5 at my tallest.

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30 Dec 2008, 1:58 pm

I'm 5 '7' (not quite) and I weigh 136 lbs now.

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